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    "id": 949958,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "vendors to run their businesses along the streets. If you go to Cairo, in the evenings almost every day, there are certain streets that are blocked. It is recognized by the Government of Egypt and the City of Cairo that when people are leaving work, they will pass through certain streets to buy certain goods, whether it is clothes or food. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, the recognition of street vendors – those people we usually call ‘hawkers’ – and putting them in the map of Kenya, is the most important thing in this law. If we have certain misgivings about certain provisions of this law, there is nothing that stops this House, at the Committee stage, to improve the law. However, this is the beginning of ensuring that this law recognizes street vendors. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other thing that we must appreciate, as a Senate, is that we are the only House, as Parliament, that legislates to provide for standards and mechanisms that cuts across counties. If we argue here that we should not bring such laws to this House, and that we should leave it to the county assemblies of different counties to figure out whether they would recognize street vendors or not, we will have a problem. This is because the Constitution says that it is our responsibility to legislate on standards that apply across the counties. Therefore, it is our role here to provide for the standards. If one reads this Bill carefully, it leaves the administrative responsibilities and even the legislation of county that will be an enabling law to make sure that this legislation operates. I totally support it."
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